Tuesday, September 08, 2009

The Final Word on the Obama Speech

At this time, the President’s message has been reviewed and found to have ties to district wide curriculum and will be made available in its entirety to all students on Friday, September 11.

Of course, everything ties to the district's vaunted maps -- including perverse books and magazine articles, you name it. Oh, and every expenditure is for the kids -- every penny, including each of the 30,000,000 pennies Wade-O lifts from our wallets each year.It's all good, that which is flowing from the altruistic and selfless staff. Wade-O, the board, administration, and the unionized staff are all about good intentions and the kids. Trust 'em. They are your government school system.

In our house, indoctrination to stay in a government school is a partisan and biased belief. It is a view that we abhor. Our country is so much worse off because of compulsory, government schooling. When I was a Jr.High (not Middle School) student back in the 60s our teacher explained to us that one of the purposes of public schooling was to bring diverse groups together and get them on the same page. She explained this as a good thing. She used somewhat different words but this was her message. The government schools are used to get all to think alike and to obey the STATE. The history of government schooling, if anyone bothers to learn about it, is for influencing groups that the STATE feared would not get in line. Dear Leader garnered brownie points from the all-powerful Teachers' Unions by promoting the government schools.

I believe that the schools are in place to ensure that students are exposed to information and ideas. It is not the place of the school to indoctrinate. I was taught to think for myself and to test ideas. I learned that it is not so much the outcome of my thoughts, but the path that took me there. But built in us, there is sense of community and herd mentality. But being shaped by a community is a healthy part of life. However, that does not mean that we should not be individuals and express ourselves that way as well. Any time we lean too far one way, we are out of balance and prone to extremist behaviour.